Globe holder



July 26, 1932. A. B. SHAW ET AL GLOBE HOLDER Filed May 26, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet mrmsss: gym.

J y 26, 1932- A. B. SHAW ET AL 1,869,026

GLOBE HOLDER Filed May 26, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (.762): Z 1e @orre Patented July 26, 1932 7 UNITED STATES {PA E- ARTHUR B. SHAW, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND J EAN L.. LE GORRE, F PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIAQASSIGNORS TO PENN SYLVANIA-GLOBE COMPANY, OF, PHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA GLOBE noniinn 7 Application filed May 26,

The principal objects of the present invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of the globe holding mechanism; to positively prevent movement of the globe holding clips from globe holding position except by the operation of the hand pieces; and to prevent the accidental return of the globe holding clips from globe receiving position to globe holding position under 1 wind pressure on the globe or by reason of accidental movements of the globe or of the attendant.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description at the end of which the invention will be claimed.

holder embodying features of the invention and showing some of the clips in globe receiving position and some of the clips in globe holding position. 7

Fig. 2 is an elevational View with parts 1 broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 and showing a modification, and

Fig. 5 is a plan View partly in section looking toward the top of the sheet in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1-3, 1 is a base slotted as at 2 and having a flange 3, slotted as at 4. There are levers pivotally mounted on the base as at 5, and they are arranged in spaced relation and in a circle. These levers extend through the base and provide clips 6 at one face of the base and shanks 7 at the other face of the base. There are pivotally mounted hand pieces 8 having rigid arms 9 operatable through the slots 4. 10 indicates links pivoted to the shanks 7 and to the arms 9. The elbow joints 11 between the arms and the links are adapted to break joint, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to one side of a line through the pivots 12 of the hand pieces 8 and the pivots between the shanks 7 and the links 10, and to'straighten out on the opposite side of a line through said pivots as shown in full r931. Serial no. 546,068.

lines inFig. 3. In dotted line position in Fig.3, the'clips 6 are in position to properly engage with and hold a globe a seated on the base 1. In full line position} in Fig. 3, the clips are shown in globe receiving position. There aretension springs 13 interposed between the base and the shanks, and they are effective in both positions of the clips.

Referring to the full line positionsof the parts in Fig. 3, it is evident that pressure exerted on the clips 6 from left to right is resisted by the tension set up in the springs 13 which tends to return the clips to the full line position. To apply a globe the clips are in the full line position in Fig. 3, and if the attendant should accidentally push the clips in the direction of from left to right in F g. 3, the clips return to globe receiving position and are not put into globe holding position, which is indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 3. This is a matter of convenience and importance in the application of a globe to the holder. After the globe has been put in place on the base, the hand pieces 8 are turned down, putting the clips into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and into proper engagement with the interior of the globe.

From this position the clips may not be moved except byturning the hand pieces 8 outward, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3,

because of the position of the joint between the-arms and the links to one side, in the drawing theupper side, of a linedrawn throu h the pivots 12 and the pivots between the lin s 10 and the shanks 7.. 1 v Thecoristruction and mode of operation of the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 5 are substantially as described except that the springs 14 are leaf springs and operate on projections 15 on the hand pieces 8, so that in this case it is possible to move the clips 6 from globe receiving position, shown in full linesin Fig. 4, to globe holding position, shown by dotted lines in that figure, by the application of pressure in the direction of from left to right in Fig. 4. However, in globe holding position the clips may not be moved except by the application of pressure to the hand pieces 8. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement and matters of mere form Without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.

We claim:

1. A globe holder comprising, in'combi nation, a base, levers pivotally mounted on the base and arranged in spaced relation and in a circle and extending through the base 7 a providing clips at one face of the base and shanks at the other face otthe base, pivotally mounted hand. pieces having rigid a np abl through th b s links piv: oted to the shanks and to the arms, the elbow joints between the arms and the links adapt; ed to break joint to one side of a line through the pivots ofthe hand pieces and the pivots between the shanks and the links and to straighten out on the opposite side of a line through said pivots, and tension springs in,- terposed between the base and the shanks and effective in both positions of the clips.

2. A globe holder comprising in combination a slotted base, a slotted flange ring, pivotal clip levers spaced in a circle and extending through the slots in the base and providing clips at one face of the base and shanked at the other face of the base, pivotal hand pieces having rigid arms operatable through the slots in the flange ring, links pivoted to the shanks and to the arms, the elbow joints between the links and the arms adapted to lie to one side of a line through the pivots of the hand pieces and the pivots between the shanks and the links to hold the clips in globe engaging position, and a spring,

tending to, put the clips in such position.

3. A globe holder provided with pivotal globe holding clips. and having pivotal hand pieces, there being interposed between the clips and hand pieces, pivotal links and ri id arms adapted in unaligned position to retain the clips in globe holding posltion until released by. manipulation of the hand pieces, and a spring stressing said clips and said hand pieces toward a position in which said clips are in globe engaging position. i l

ARTHUR B. SHAW.

JEAN LJLE GORRE. 

